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July 2008
- Mental Illness Drove NIU Killer to Suicide Tries
  
  Chicago Tribune | Jul 10, 08 2:20 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The shooter who left 5 dead and 15 injured at Northern Illinois University in February had tried to kill himself four times, an investigative effort by Esquire finds. “I want to die. Life sucks,” Steve Kazmierczak told a nurse after attempting to overdose on prescription medication while in high school in suburban Chicago. More »
June 2008
- With No Body, Cops Doubt NY Banker's Suicide
  
  Wall Street Journal | Jun 11, 08 11:31 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - An international manhunt is now under way for a former hedge-fund manager who disappeared the day he was to begin serving a prison sentence for defrauding investors. A car belonging to Samuel Israel III was found Monday at a bridge over New York's Hudson River, the Wall Street Journal reports; though bodies of suicide jumpers are normally found quickly, there's no sign of Israel. More »
April 2008
- China Blasts Dalai Lama 'Suicide Plots'
  
  Guardian (UK) | Apr 2, 08 5:13 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Chinese authorities are accusing the Dalai Lama of organizing suicide attacks, building an arsenal of weapons and explosives in Tibetan monasteries, and plotting to disrupt the Beijing Olympics. The fresh allegations come in the wake of last month's raging protests in the Tibetan capital of Lhasa and China's violent response. More »
March 2008
- FDA Probes Suicide Link to Asthma Drug
  
  USA Today | Mar 28, 08 7:09 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The FDA has opened an investigation of anecdotal links between the popular asthma and allergy drug Singulair and suicidal thoughts. In the past year, manufacturer Merck has added warnings of several possible side effects of the pill related to the nervous system, including anxiety, depression, tremors, and suicidal thinking. The FDA says its review of the drug, which had sales of more than $4.3 billion last year, may take up to nine months. More »
- Suicide Kills More LA Cops Than Criminals
  
  Los Angeles Times | Mar 26, 08 5:59 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Cops in Los Angeles are more likely to die by their own hand than from a criminal's bullet, the Los Angeles Times reports. Psychologists trying to improve the LAPD's suicide prevention efforts found that 19 police officers in the city killed themselves between 1998 and 2007, while just seven died on the job. The police say the nature of the work is often to blame. More »
- Dad Penned Apology Before Killing Family
  
  Chicago Tribune | Mar 26, 08 5:24 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - An Iowa man left a note in his kitchen and voice mail messages for friends and ex-colleagues apologizing before killing his wife and four young children, the Chicago Tribune reports. Steven Sueppel then killed himself in a fiery highway crash. The former bank executive was facing trial on embezzlement charges, and had admitted using half of the cash for cocaine. His messages said the shame was too much to bear. More »
- Kevorkian Declares Bid for House Seat
  
  Detroit Free Press | Mar 24, 08 5:30 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Euthanasia advocate Jack Kevorkian declared a bid for Congress in Detroit today, the Detroit Free Press reports. In a free-wheeling press conference, he admitted to being apolitical but vowed to trumpet individual rights in his campaign. “You can’t take my innate rights away from me without a fight,” said Kevorkian, who will run as an independent in a highly competitive district. More »
- JK Rowling Considered Suicide
  
  Times (UK) | Mar 23, 08 10:01 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Before Harry Potter came along, his creator was broke, recently divorced, depressed, and near suicide, reports the Times of London. JK Rowling was a mom in her mid-20s, living in a cramped apartment paid for by a friend when she sought professional help. “We’re talking suicidal thoughts here, we’re not talking ‘I’m a little bit miserable,'” she told a student magazine at Edinburgh University. More »
- Cobain Isn't Curt in New Documentary
  
  Independent (UK) | Mar 21, 08 4:07 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A new documentary tells the story of Kurt Cobain’s life in the singer’s own words, the Independent reports. Kurt Cobain: About a Son , on DVD this month, is constructed around 25 hours of previously unreleased interviews of the Nirvana frontman by journalist Michael Azerrad. Cobain, who committed suicide in 1994, speaks openly about his band, his marriage, and his childhood. More »
- Former Child Pilot Commits Suicide
  
  Associated Press | Mar 19, 08 10:06 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Vicki Van Meter, the girl who at age 11 astounded the nation with a 5-hour cross-country flight, is dead at 26, the AP reports, of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound. Van Meter’s trans-continental flight was a record at the time, and a year later she became the youngest pilot to fly across the Atlantic. “We all thought she was coping,” her brother said of her history of depression. More »
- Iraqi Suicide Bomber Kills 36
  
  Los Angeles Times | Mar 17, 08 3:25 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A female suicide bomber killed 36 and wounded at least 50 in the Shiite city of Karbala today, even as John McCain and Dick Cheney visited Iraq to tout American successes in increasing security, reports the Los Angeles Times . A roadside bomb also killed two American soldiers on a road north of Baghdad. More »
- Portrait of the Suicide Bomber as a Young Man
  
  Los Angeles Times | Mar 17, 08 11:03 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The people carrying out suicide bombings in Iraq are overwhelmingly young men from other countries who grew up in large, poor families, the LA Times reports. After interrogating four dozen men taken into custody over 4 months, the American military has drafted a profile of the typical suicide bomber, who is in his late teens or 20s and in thrall to al-Qaeda in Iraq, according to a report released yesterday. More »
- Fireman Dead in Fla. Wendy's Shooting
  
  Palm Beach Post | Mar 3, 08 8:00 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - A gunman killed a local firefighter and wounded five others in a West Palm Beach Wendy's today before taking his own life, the Palm Beach Post reports. Shooter Alburn Edward Blake left no suicide note but was said by one witness to be an ex-worker at the restaurant. "Looks like this was just another random shooting like we've seen around the United States," a Palm Beach County Sheriff's spokesman told the AP. More »
- Golden Gate Considers a Fence
  
  Washington Post | Mar 3, 08 10:00 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - San Francisco may finally be coming to grips with its Golden Gate suicide instrument, from which more than 1,300 people have thrown themselves, reports the Washington Post, making it America’s No. 1 self-annihilation destination . But for years the bridge’s guardians have resisted calls to erect a barrier, believing that thwarted suicides will just kill themselves elsewhere—despite a mountain of scientific evidence to the contrary. More »
- Pakistan Suicide Bomber Kills 39
  
  Reuters | Mar 2, 08 9:53 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - A suicide bomber killed at least 39 people today gathered at an outdoor meeting of tribal elders in northwest Pakistan, Reuters reports, in the volatile country's latest bout of violence. The attack, which left scores of others wounded, occurred as the elders finalized security plans to “take steps against miscreants and help the government,” said an official. More »
February 2008
- 35 Dead in Suicide Bombing at Pakistan Funeral
  
  Associated Press | Feb 29, 08 4:05 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - At least 35 people were killed and at least 60 injured today when a suicide bomber struck a funeral in northwest Pakistan' near the border with Afghanistan, the AP reports. The funeral in the Swat Valley drew 800 mourners for a police official killed today by a roadside bomb in the region, rife with conflict between authorities and pro-Taliban forces. More »
- 17th Youth Dies in Welsh 'Suicide Borough'
  
  Guardian (UK) | Feb 20, 08 10:15 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - A 16-year-old schoolgirl found hanged in the woods yesterday became the 17th youth suicide in the area of Bridgend, Wales, since early 2007. The rash of suicides has focused intense scrutiny on the town of 39,000 and its surrounding borough, where baffled police have so far failed to unearth any common motive linking the victims, the Guardian reports. Victims have ranged in age from 15 to 26. More »
- Suicides Spike Among Middle-Aged
  
  New York Times | Feb 19, 08 10:10 AM CST

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Mental Illness Drove NIU Killer to Suicide Tries

With No Body, Cops Doubt NY Banker's Suicide

China Blasts Dalai Lama 'Suicide Plots'

FDA Probes Suicide Link to Asthma Drug

Suicide Kills More LA Cops Than Criminals

Dad Penned Apology Before Killing Family

Kevorkian Declares Bid for House Seat

JK Rowling Considered Suicide

Cobain Isn't Curt in New Documentary

Former Child Pilot Commits Suicide

Iraqi Suicide Bomber Kills 36

Portrait of the Suicide Bomber as a Young Man

Fireman Dead in Fla. Wendy's Shooting

Golden Gate Considers a Fence

Pakistan Suicide Bomber Kills 39

35 Dead in Suicide Bombing at Pakistan Funeral

17th Youth Dies in Welsh 'Suicide Borough'

Suicides Spike Among Middle-Aged